Israel’s Olympic Gold Victory Raises Jewish Identity Debate
JERUSALEM (AP) — Artem Dolgopyat fulfilled a lifelong dream when he won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. But back home in Israel, his hopes of trading gold wedding bands with hi...
This Haredi Orthodox Mom Is The Face Of A New Adidas Campaign
JERUSALEM (JTA) - In 2016, Beatie Deutsch placed sixth in the Jerusalem half marathon. Watching Deutsch, an Israeli born in America, you would have never guessed that she had taken...
Israeli Gymnast Wins Historic Gold Medal At Tokyo Olympics
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the first time in 17 years and only for the second time in its history, Israel has won a gold medal at the Olympics. Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won t...
Yeshiva Student Killed In Ukraine Remembered For Caring For Special Needs COVID-19 Victim
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Hershy Weiss, a 20-year-old yeshiva student who was tragically killed in a plane crash last week in the Ukraine, has been fondly remembered for his kindness to...
Swastikas Sprayed On Bnei Brak Shul Friday Night, Chareidi Politicians Blame Liberman’s ‘Incitement’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Politicians from across the spectrum sharply condemned the spraying of swastikas on the Young Israel shul in Bnei Brak on Friday night. At the scene of the at...
Jewish Groups Slam Brazilian President’s Warm Welcome To Granddaughter Of Hitler’s Finance Minister
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Brazil’s president effusively welcomed a far-right German lawmaker whose grandfather was a senior Nazi officer, causing an uproar among Jewish groups.
Jai...
Oklahoma GOP Criticized For Anti-Semitic Facebook Post
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Republican Party faced fierce criticism on Friday for a Facebook post likening COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the persecution of Jewish people in Na...
Deborah Lipstadt, Noted Holocaust Historian, Is Biden’s Pick For Antisemitism Envoy
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden is set to nominate Deborah Lipstadt, the Emory University Holocaust historian, to be the State Department’s antisemitism envoy.
The White ...
Taiwan To Open Extensive Jewish Community Center, Kosher Restaurant
TAIPEI (JNS) - Taiwan’s Jewish community announced the expected December opening of an extensive center to serve tourists and locals alike.
The Jeffrey D. Schwartz Jewish Commun...
Jewish Former Sen. Carl Levin, Powerful Military Voice And Michigan’s Longest-Serving U.S. Senator, Has Died
DETROIT (AP) — Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice on military issues in Washington and a staunch supporter of the auto industry back home in Michigan during his record tenure...
Group To Turn Thousands Of Jewish Headstones Found In Belarus Into Memorial
BELARUS (JNS) - A charity organization is working to create a memorial with Jewish gravestones that have been discovered around Belarus, Israel Newsstand reported.
Jewish headst...
Itzik Shmoli Comes Full Circle- From Social Activist To Welfare Minister To UJA-NY Israel Representative
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In 2011, Itzik Shmoli was a prominent social activist and student leader who had fought various battles against the Israeli government regarding rights of Hol...
De Blasio: Get Vaxxed By Monday To Be Protected By Rosh Hashanah
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a message for Jewish New Yorkers: If you want to be fully vaccinated by Rosh Hashanah, you need to get your first Pfizer sho...
Nigeria Frees 3 Jewish Filmmakers Who Had Been Held For Weeks In ‘Horrendous Conditions’
ISRAEL (JNS) - Three Jewish filmmakers who were detained by Nigerian security forces nearly three weeks ago have been released and returned to Israel.
Rudy Rochman, Andrew Leibm...
PM Bennett Authorizes Booster COVID-19 Shot For Israelis Over 60
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced Thursday that he was adopting the recommendations of a health ministry panel stating that old people and people at hi...
Arrest Made In Viscious Assault And Robbery Of Frum Flatbush Man
BROOKLYN (VINnews) — One suspect has been arrested, and another suspect is still being sought, in the brutal beating and robbery of a Jewish man from Flatbush.
Levi Zupnik was w...
Delta Passengers Outraged At Airline’s Serving Ben & Jerry’s On Flight To Israel
NEW YORK (JNS) - Bitter scoop: Passengers on a Delta flight from New York to Tel Aviv on Wednesday were displeased when they discovered that the in-flight service included a less-t...
UK To Build National Holocaust Memorial Beside Parliament
LONDON (AP) — The British government on Thursday approved plans to build a national Holocaust memorial beside Parliament, rejecting claims by campaigners that the location was unsu...
Serological Test Reveals That Netanyahu, Israel’s 1st Person To Vaccinate for COVID-19, Has Few Antibodies Left
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the last few days former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been very vocal in calling for a third COVID-19 vaccine shot for everyone in Israel. Net...
Arab MK Gives Mussar to United Torah Judaism MK: A Halachic Analysis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
By all accounts it was a very strange exchange. United Torah Judaism MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni was arguing against PM Naftoli Bennet’s assault on ...